Discount machine



1940. A. B. HASSAN 2,212,499

DISCOUNT MACHINE Filed March 29, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet l 7 DISCOUN DISCOUNT s k} V a I I INVENTOR;

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Aug. 27, 1940. A. B. HASSAN DISCOUNT MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 29, 1939 W Hussan,

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Aug. 27, 1940. A. B. HASSAN DISCOUNT MACHINE Filed March 29, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheer. 3

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Patented Aug. 27, 1940 v his invention i relates to a machine whereby stomergcanireceive aatoken following the the-tus me -t w v It" isla' further object topr'ovi'dela machine pf will'bfthe salesman.

A sun; further jobjectis to a machine will appear as the description proceeds,

a A i i .H 2i)" made" n the construction and arrangement of invention as claimed.

N former the invention has been shown; 2'6 Insaid drawings.

Figure-11s afront elevation of the machine. Figure 2 is a plan View thereof. 1 Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 5-4, Figure 2. 30 Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5, Figure 1. Figure 6 is a section on line fi6, Figure 1. Figure 7 is a vertical section through a portion of the apparatus showing the relative positions of the partswhen the apparatus is in operation 35 and unlocked to permit release of a token following actuation by the customer.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference I designates a base of anysuitable size and shape on which are erected any desired 40 number of posts 2 which can be utilized for supporting lamps 3 wired in the usual manner. These posts can be connected at their upper ends by strips 4 as shown.

Mounted on the base between the posts is a 45 housing 5 which can be frusto-co-nical or of any 1 T ED STATES;

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pletion of .a sale, it being designed to pro; videto-ke'ns having a sales or exchange v'alueto character "which can be operated {only at.

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ith thje" foregoing and other .ob ectsyiew theinventionflconsists of certain novel.detai1s of constructipn and combinations of parts herein-. anagram; fully. described and pointed ou't'in the ;olaiimspitbeingunderstood that changes maybe arts wimqli departing from the "spirit a the in the accompanying drawings the "preferred e aim 254. 5%

rounded by sleeye 'iilbut the upper portion there' of, is eirposedso that when the ball is illuminated by the lamps l and is rotated withshaft'8, it will constitute a means for.. attracting 1 attention {of customers, thisbeing-particularly true should. the 8 ball be oi various eiors r suitably ornamented. 'Shaftii 'is-j adapted .to; be. drit'en through speed reduction g'earing- Hi; by an electricmotor i [located dirthebasel an within'housingki. {Ifhe i circuitto this' motorisQcontrOlledQbm'a switch i2 10 outside .ofithe l ousingwhere it can be reached and 'opje'rated readily by thesalesman.

rotar 3 p can besecuredfto shaft Bfso'.

ajs fto. roj te therewith and-this (sign is located r1:

whereitc n se viewed throughan opening jfl eroriddflin' ng e a d which opening is pref? erablypos ioned below a sh ield is extending from .the ,QaSing. Allarnp l'ii Joan bemofunte'd within theficasing adjacent to the opening ior mepurposeer il1uminating the sign so" that the 0 date displayedflthereon}can be seen [readily by the customer while lockirigfthrou h the. opening [4, This datafc'an be njthe fOrmIoia p' ntejd.

clined down V terminates above and close to a slide it mounted .in a guide 29. This slide has an opening 2! extending therethrough of sufficient size to hold a single token of the type used in the machine and under normal conditions the slide is located with opening 25 in communication with a delivery tube 22 the lower end of which opens through casing 5 adjacent the bottom thereof to provide Wardly from the casing as shown for example in Figure 1. With slide i9 positioned as described, the inner portion of the slide acts as a closure for the lower end of the tube it, as shown in Figure 4. i i i t Inthe structure illustrated balls B are used as tokens and a number of these are adapted to be placed in the container i? so that they will gravitate toward andmove successively into the tube it where they will be supported one upon the other by the slide iii while said slide is in its normal positionas in Figure i.

When the stem or plunger M is pushed inwardly the opening 2:1 in slide is is moved out of line with the tube 22 and into line with the lower end of tube I8 so that the lowermost ball B in said latter tube will gravitate into the opening 2i as shown in Figure '7.

Various means may be employed for locking the slide against inward movement and for returning the slide so as to convey the trapped ball B from the lower end of tube! to the upper end of tube 2|. Among these means is a mechanism which has been shown in the drawings. This mechanism includes a downwardly tapered disk 26 which is mounted to slide on but to rotate with shaft 8 and forms the lower or movable member of a centrifugal governor 21.

Normally the links' 28 of the governor are substantially alined with disk 26 in its lowermost position at which time its inclined periphery contacts with the inclined inner end 29 of slide l 9. With the parts thuspositioned the slide is located as in Figure 4 with stem 24 projecting outwardly from the casing. The pitch of disk 26 and ofxthe cooperatingend of slide I9 is such that slide l9 cannot be-pushed inwardly by, means ofsteml l as long as disk 26 is in its lower'position.

, When a sale is made the salesman closes: the circuit to the motor H so that shaft 8 is then rotated and this will cause the governor to lift the disk 26 out of the path of slide IS. The customercan then press against stem 24 and push the slide back to the position shown in Figure 7 so that the lowermost ball B will drop into the opening 2|. When the slide is thus pushed back the outer end ofthe stem 24 is brought flush with the surface of casing 5 so that it is not possible to pull the slide forwardly. However as soon as the contact breaks the circuit to the motor the shaft will stop rotating and disk 26 will descend. This downward movement of the disk I will cause 'it to thrust against the'inclined end of slide l9 and push the slideoutwardly to the position shown in Figure 4 whereupon the ball which had been trapped by the slide will be conveyed to and delivered into the tube 22 and thus be dispensed to the customer. This token can be used on account of a future purchase and, if desired, the tokens or balls can be of dlfierent colors and represent different discount values.

Obviously by providing a mechanism such as herein described it is possible for the customer to receive only one discount token at a time and then only at the will of the salesman who must operate the switch in order to permit the token to be dispensed.

For the purpose of filling the container 11 an opening 30 can be provided.

What is claimed is:

1. A machine of the class described including a housing, a container in the housing having an inlet and an outlet, an outlet tube, a delivery tube for conveying tokens from the container, a slide mounted for movement between said tubes and having a token receiving opening normally registering with the delivery tube, means for thrusting the slide from normal position into position to trap. a token delivered from the container, a member cooperating with the slide to shift it to normal position and lock it while in said position, a motor under the control of an operator, and centrifugally actuated means driven by the motor for shifting said member, to release the slide whereby the latter may be moved from normal position.

2. A machine of the class described including a housing, a container in the housing having an inlet and an outlet, an outlet tube, a delivery tube for conveying tokens from the container, a slide mounted for movement between said tubes and having a token receiving opening normally registering with the delivery tube, means for thrusting the slide from normal position into posi-.

for movement out of normal position and for returning the slide to normal position, said means including a rotatable shaft within the housing,

mechanism under the control of an attendant for operating the shaft, and means controlled by the rotation of the shaft for movement into an out of the path of the slide.

AMEEN B. HASSAN. 

